MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Activity 1
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. PROBLEM SOLVING. Solve the following problems using the rule of operations.

A. Evaluate the following functions. (1 pt. each)

1. f(x) = 8x3-3x2-5x+2
a. f(-1)

b. f(2)

1
c. f( )
2

3−x
2. f(x) =
4 x +3
a. f(-2)

1
b. f( )
3

c. f(a+b)
 5 x 2−3 x +2
3. f(x) =
x+ 3
a. f(0)

b. f(1)

c. f(a)

d. f(a 2 ¿

f ( x+ h )−f ( x )
B. Find the value of , h≠ 0 for each of the following functions.(4 pts. each)
h

SCORING RUBRIC
POINT DESCRIPTION
S
4 Numerical solution is complete and correct.
3 Numerical solution has some errors near the end of the computation failing to arrive at
the correct answer.
2 Numerical solution has some errors around the middle of the computation failing to
arrive at the correct answer.
1 Numerical solution is erroneous at the very beginning of the computation.
0 No answer or wrong answer

x2 −1
4. f(x) =
x +2
 5. f(x) = 3 x 2+ x−6

x2 −4 x−1
6. f(x) =
x

C. Perform the following fundamental operations on each given functions. (2 points

each)

a. (f+g)(x) b. (f-g)(x)

c. (f•g)(x) f
d. ( )(x)
g
e. (f g)(x)

1. f(x) = 4 x 2−2 x ; g(x) = 2 x2 −5

5
2. f(x) = 5 x−3 ; g(x) =
x+3
2
x −4 x−5 1
3. f(x) = ; g(x) =
2 x−8 x−4